A player wants to upgrade his old graphics card by downloading a better one. His brother explains that it’s nonsense. By the way, there is an ancient joke behind “downloadable” hardware.
A player wants to upgrade his old graphics card. He comes up with a particularly clever idea. He shows his brother a video that is supposed to demonstrate how to download a better graphics card for free.
His brother explains on reddit that it is nonsense and that one should not be fooled. By the way, there is an ancient joke behind “downloadable” hardware. Many joke about why he chose not to download an RTX 4090 instead of an RTX 2080 Ti. The best graphics cards you can currently buy can be found on MeinMMO as an overview.
What can you see in the video? The posted video from YouTube turns out to be a joke: The YouTuber downloads and installs the graphics card software on the official Nvidia website in his video. After the installation, he then has an RTX 2080 Ti instead of a GTX 1050 installed. We have embedded the English video here for you:
Downloading hardware is an ancient meme
What meme are we talking about? “Download more RAM” is a meme that is mainly used with regard to people who have little understanding of hardware or lack solid knowledge. Because components like RAM cannot be downloaded and improved in this way.
Fraudsters also use this trick of a free upgrade: they promise that one can download an upgrade for free, but then distribute malware that quickly causes significant damage.
Where does the meme come from? According to the website Knowyourmeme, the story behind downloadable hardware is over 20 years old:
On January 20, 2004, the Apple insider “SpcMs” started a thread asking where he could download RAM for his computer. He claimed that his computer had too little memory and that he wanted to acquire more illegally. Within three minutes, another user responded, pointing out that RAM cannot be downloaded because it is a physical thing, and provided two links to manufacturers where he could buy additional memory.
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